If you lose a football club everyone knows and other people get nervous, including banks. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
The bottom line is if you want to own a football club you have to pay the price to have success. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
The Big Six teams have long been waging a greedy campaign for a bigger slice of the Premier League pie. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
I love football fans. I love the humour, the passion and their perseverance. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Football generates a huge amount of scrutiny and opinion, especially from fans. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
In retrospect, of course I regret calling them (Charlton fans) morons. Imbeciles would have been more appropriate. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Ninety per cent of players and managers don't support the club they are employed by. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
If you have ambition in football that's the dangerous thing because the ambition will drive you on to make decisions that commercially… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Given the illusion that sports presents - that of being indomitable, influential and financially powerful - what is remarkable is that it… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
I think the conventional wisdom in the game is that Daniel Sturridge is a troubled, problem player. He's a very, very, very… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Football's got to own its own outcome and build its own platform and by becoming the Netflix of football you control your… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Once upon a time I owned a football club. It was one I grew up supporting, one my father had played for… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
A non-league club trying to get into the Football League is really about cachet that comes at a cost - wage bills… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
The culture of football is curious - steeped in tribalism, a sense of ownership, huge amounts of emotion and often a complete… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
The motivations for owning a club are varied. Ego always plays a part. Some buy them just because they can, some for… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
One of the ludicrous myths I found in football is that people have got to be given time. Whether it's a year… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Does international football really mean that much to players? I think when England fans look ahead to home games against Bulgaria and… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
When I bought Crystal Palace - the club I supported all my life and the one my father had played for -… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Whilst Solskjaer is a decent football man, you wonder when Manchester United became the side of someone that employs the track record… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
In all other industries, if things are going belly up after a year or so, would the most senior people get to… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Football could deliver its own content to a worldwide audience of easily 100 million people at a tenner a month. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Agents can act with what is called duality, working for both a club and a player - and get paid from both… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
What does Everton chairman Bill Kenwright think he will get for £6m? Andy Johnson's trainers? — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Football is the only industry I know that builds in failure as part of its fibre. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
The coronavirus is a crisis the likes of which the world has not seen for a long time, shutting football down. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
When I bought Crystal Palace at the age of 31, I naively thought it was all about attainment. How wrong I was. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Even if I built a 50,000-seater stadium and bought Ronaldinho, there'd still be complaints about crap hotdogs. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
No one gets jobs for life any more, do they? Why is it different for football? — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
The Premier League has virtually created a wasteland outside of itself. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
I found certain agents to be predatory flesh traders whose sole focus (when not carrying young players' manbags) was to create division… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
This increasing level of player power worries me. Of course they are the stars but this acquiescence over contracts, transfers, managers and… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
The reason the Football League is broken is because there has been a complete lack of direction or response since the Premier… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Football agents are evil, divisive scum. Once upon a time I made this proclamation and it ensured a thousand headlines during my… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
I'm not going to drag it out or make a point, because points are pointless. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Ninety per cent of players and managers don't support the club they are employed by. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
This increasing level of player power worries me. Of course they are the stars but this acquiescence over contracts, transfers, managers and even their… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
The culture of football is curious - steeped in tribalism, a sense of ownership, huge amounts of emotion and often a complete lack of… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
I had an Aston Martin phone worth ?15,000 given to me as a present. I dropped it in a gin and tonic about 15… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
I believe change to be a good thing. Everything must evolve but you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
I lost my club through a series of circumstances and bad luck. The whole banking system collapsing and my foolish bravery didn't help. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
As a chairman I sometimes sat in a room adjacent to the dressing room, listening to various managers give team-talks, often thinking I'd heard… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Netflix doesn't simply house its own content, it carries that of others as well to increase its opportunity. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
